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WILLIAM R. ELLlOTT,y OF DENVER, COLORADO.

i COKING PLANT.

To all whom 'it lmay concern:

Be it. known that l, WILLIAM R. ELLiO'rT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Cokine; Plants, of which iniproveinentthe following; is aspecitication.

'lhe invention described herein relates to certain improvements in plants for the manufacture of coke, and has for its object a con-4 struction and combination of parts or elements whereby the coal to be coked, preferably in large quantities is sui'iported within the colting furnace on a movable platform or ear and after tht` ooking operation is finished, the colte is removed while on -the car, quenched it passes froni`the oven and removed from the car or platform without interruptintf the mow nient of the latter. Duringthe return movement of the ear to the oven, a fresh supply ofeoal is charged therel en and carried into thr oven.

'l`hc invention is hereinafter more fully described ainfclaiined.

ln the accompaiiyinefv .lrawingls part of this specification Figure 1 is a diagraminatie plan view illustratingr the relative arrangement of the several parts of the cokiire' plant; Fig. l is a view partly in section and partly in of ovens showing the car with the eoal or colte in position in the furnace; view partly in section and partly in side elevation of one of the eoltingl ovens; lfiifs. and 5 are detail views on an enlarged scale illustrating a form of valve mechanism coin trolling the admission of air to the ovens; Fig. t3 is a view partly he section being indicated hy the line \'l-l\'l Fie. 1: Fig. 7 is a sei-tional elevation on :i plane indicated bv the line. lfll-mlll lfie. 1 1 liiyg, is a top plan view of the quenchingl yard` also showine' the plow for removing;l the eolie from cars; Fig; ti is a top plan scale showin;r the truel: carry/intt the plow for the removal of the eolie and alsoearrying therewith retaining' walls for preventingr the coal vfrom droppingr from the enr; Fig. 11) is a sectional elevation on a plane indicated hy the line XMK Fig. t); lf'ie. 11 is a view partlyv in section and showing the coal bins and the means for discharging the coal on to the cars; Fig. 1'?. is a Specification o-Letters Patent. Application led `fiuly 18,

forming a i elevatioi'i of two pairs or series Fie. f is al in section and partly in elevation of the quenrlnngr yard showingl` 4 the avancement of pipesr` t flic 'view on an enlarged partly in elevatioirA Patented June 15, 1909.

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l sectional view on an enlarged scale, showing 'the discharge chute for the coal hin and the means for leveling the coal on the cars; figs. 13 and 14 are elevations of opposite sides of 'l the discharge chute with controlling valves l or slides and leveling device shown in Fig. 12.

In the practice of my invention the ovens 1 are made of considerable length preferably over one hundred feet and even up to 'five E hundred feet if such length is desirable for l the particular places Where the plant is l erected. As shown in .Fig7 2 the upper part of the oven is arched forming a reverberating l. chamber above the bed of coal which `is supported upon a platform or series of platforms i 2 of the car or cars, the wheels 3 of which l move along the rails 4 on the bottoni of the l oven. The platform of the car and the oven l are made of such relative widths that the l side walls of the latter will operate as retailiingl walls to hold the colte or upon the car. lt is preferred that 'the pori tion of the side wall of the oveniininediately l lover the same so to prevent the flow of l heat to the under portion of the car, as any l excessive heatin that portion of the oven l would injurionsly affect the running gear o l, the cars. The tops of the ovens are provided l with flues 5 for the escape of the gases asI is l customary, and tubes 6 are embedded in the l outer sidewalls ofthe ovens preferably inil inediately above the normal level of coal ,on i the platform for the admission of air. These openings are provided with suitable valves l for controlling the admission of air. It is i preferred that these valves 7 should be in the `forin of disks mounted on pins 8 passing through inet-al sleeves Qemhedded in the lireelav tube (i forming the air inlets. 'lhese valves are conocen fl by wires 1() to one end of segments 11 on the shaft 12, extending longitudinally of thefurnaee and the shaft is provided with an operating;r handle 1?) Inovine along an. areh 14 provided with openings for the reception of pins to hold the leve and the valves connected thereto in any desired pu itioin lt is preferred that the, valves be divided up into ,several .series so that the flow of air to different parts ofthe furnace may be more readily controlled. llaeh series of valves' are cdnneeted to a single shaft 12 operated bv handle 13 as heretofore described. it is preferred that thedoors A closing the ovens should be madiof an opeirwork o i structural iron. the spares between them be coal in position the rails fi?) by any suitahle mean's hut. preferady by means ol' a motor .'59 mounted on the frame ofthe truck and havinga. sprocket the wheels carrying' the truck or frane By the operation ol the plow, the coke is entirely removed from the movin;T platform ofthe ear or ears which will then pass on out on to the trat-its -1 until the left hand end of the train in Fie'. l is in position under the line of bins l2 ransyeisely ol' thosystem of tracks as vshown in Fig. l. 'lheend ;atesll any suitable manner, and a. hand operated nut 51a screwmg on the end of the rod and o bearing aga inst one ofthe sleeve-.2. cham connection 4U to the shaft l] of one of t As will be seen by reference to several figw, ures of the drawing the cars are not provided with any sides for.retaining the coal laterally are tl en plaeed in position, although the4 gate at the right hand end of the train in Fre'. t ueednot necessarily lie placed in posi- '.iou at this time. rl`he motion of the train or car is then reversed so as to move them toward lite ovens where the rokmgj is rflected.

the chute 44 above the track alongy which the ear or tram is monroe'. is n'ioyed outwardly on the platforms. Hence provision is made to retain the coal on the platform from the time it is loaded until itI is again removed from the oar. To this end retaining Walls 52 are formed along the sides of each track the distance betweentlie walls inclosing each track being only a little greater than the width of the platform ofthe'ear. 'l`he portion of these retaining walls from the point where the coke is discharged to a point somel short distance l'ieyond #here the coal is i Charged into the ear, is preferably formed of (ln this reversal of movenier t the yalye 43 in 1 concrete. But from the point. where the coke is discharged back to the turnace,.tlu\se walls are preferably made of metal so as to be so as to permit coal to ilow ddwn on to the This valve may le of any suitable construction but preferably sueh as shown. conthat a spout should formv the discharge of i the chute, such spout being constructed so as to cause the coal to [low at an angle less than a right angle to the platforn. of the, car, and in a direction against themovement of the ear so that the coal in its movement, will tend to distribute itself alongwthe platform.

As is Well known in the art, itis necessary in order that all the eoa-l treated at one time should be uniformly eoked, that the depth of coal should be a )litroximately uniform at all points-and in order to attain this uniformityT of den'th of eoal on the ears, means are proviief for leveling the coal as the car moves along. .Any convenient construction may he employed for this purpose, but itis preferred to employ one wall of the delivery spout of the chute for this purpose. 'l'o this end one of the walls of they spout, as 48, is Vmade movable so as to regulate the depth of coal above the surface ofthe plat'l'mm of the ear. lWhile not necessary, it is preferred that this slide or wall of the snout 4S should be made in sections, as suf-li Construction permits more easy bracing o "his leveling devi'ee, as will be readily seen by reference to Fig. 13, where the leveling plate or wall is divided into three sections, each section being mounted in independent ways 49. These walls can be shifted up and down to vary the, depth of coal by any suitable means either manually or power operated. In the. -construction .shown the leveling plates are con,- necttd to threaded rods 50. assing throu fh supporting sleeves secure to the chute in tracks, so as to permit not only the lateral. discharge of the` coke from the cars, but also the movement of the plow from traek to trank. ln orderto prevent t he eoal tlovt` me' oil ofthe car laterally at this point, the truck or i frame 32 carrying' the plow is extended laterally and to this lateral extension are secured l movable retaining- .walls 525 as clearly shown in Figsi S, t) and lt).

It is preferred that these `movable walls and the plow should be spaced such a distance apart that when the plow is operatingr upon the car moving along one track` the retaining walls 53 will he in position to prevent alateral movementof the eoalvfroin the car moving inwardly on such adjacent track] rl`his relative arrangement; and reta iningg walls 53, however, not essential as the plant may be so operated that an inward movement ofthe coal loaded ear will not occur during; the outward or discharging n iovenient of the coke loaded ear and further these retaining' walls may be if desired mounted on a truck independent of that car,- rying the plow.

.l claim herein as my invention:

1. ln a coking plant, the combination of an oven, a )latform forming the support for the charge r tiring the eokingl operation, means fox-applying water to the ineandescent Inaterial arranged adjacent to the ovenand means for impartinga. substantially continu-- ous movement to the platform from the oven and along and 1n operative relation to the water-applying moans.

means outside 'of the overna platform for the charge, a coal recep.

for moving the platform into and out of the oven and means outside of the Aoven for forcing the coke from the' platform.

3. Ina colfing plant, the combination of an oven, a platform. forming the support for the charge during the coking operation, means for moving the platform from the oven and oven and stationary as regards the direetiolitof movement of the platforni-` for Aremoving the coke from the 'v-platform.

4. In a coking plant,'tlie combination of an oven, a platform forming the support for the charge during the cokin operation, means for moving the platform rom tlie oven, a receptacle arranged in receiving?r relation to the line of movement of the platformand means for moving the coke from the platform to the receptacle.

5. In. a coking plant, the combination of an l oepta'cle, means for moving the platform from the receptacle into the oven, means for leveling the Boal on the platform and means l for holding the coal onthe latform during the leveling operation and tlrie movement of i the car into the oven. v

8. In a coking plant, the combination of an oven, a platform for the charge, a coal receptacle, means for moving the platform from the receptacle into the oven and retaining Walls 'arranged on each side of the line of movement of the platform and extending from the coal rece itacle to the oven.

9. In a coking plant, the combination of an i oven, a platform for tlie charge, means for moving the platform from and into the oven, a plow for removing the coke laterally from the platform, means for shifting the low transversely of the line of movement o the platform, a coal receptacle, retaining Walls extending from tlie receptacle to the point of discharge of the coke and from such point tothe oven and movable retaining Walls for fillin the gaps of the main Walls at the point of co e discharge.

lntestimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hanLd.

' WILLIAM R. ELLIOTT.

lVitnesses i MARY E. DnLEY, HOWARD C. FRANK. 

